DESTRUCTION OF POURI

Evening Post, Volume CXII, Issue 8, 9 July 1931, Page 6

DESTRUCTION OF POURI

Aii unlucky 'career,; which nevertheless included some good performances, came to a, close at IJUlorslie on Monday, when the jumper Pouri\fell at the last fence in the. Raurimu Hurdles I ,.'and injured a leg, so badjy that he: had to be, destroyed. Pouri, who, was rising, ll".years\bld, had long suffered from . unsoundness, and each, timo during the. last ':threq-;.years. when his preparation fpr-'tliO'Great Northerns was being completed lie; went amiss. In his six Reasons'Oiii'tliefTurf he contested 45 races for ten wins,-six; seconds, and four thirds, win_iii_f.,'.£.3ood in stakes.

Reviewing his record, -the "New Zealand Herald" hag theffollowing to say: Pouri'si first 1 season''wa's in 1925-26, when as. a'five-; 1 year-old he 1 started 1 ;: lii five races, being unplaced each time; In the following' season he again Started five times, and was more successful, gaining one win and two: seconds. His win was scored in the Ladies' Bracelet at the. Waikatb'- HuntMeeting,' when he was ridden by his owner, Mr.-;H.!T).:iMatthews, of Hamilton. A year later.the combination was again successful hi,-the same race, after Pouri had won the Hunters' Hurdles earlier in the'day. That season, 1927-28, was -Pond's best, for in 15 starts he won seven races, including tho AVellington Steeplechase, and was 'second twice'.'.and v third once. > .- : /■'"■'

In the '1925-20'.'se'ako"ii he ran' se'eorid" to Wiltshire -in thefGraiKK'K'atioiial Hurdles at ;.Riccarton, ' and* won the Pohsonby Hurdles at the Auckland Summer .Meeting) l being unplaced in his ten other starts. Last season Pouri started only three times, and-a'win in-the Manawatu Hurdles at Te.'Aroha was his only placed performance. This season he had live starts, and ran second to High Pitch in the Bombay. Hurdles at Piikekolie in May.